The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-11-10

beauty, and she helped him to escape. |
SSs Obtained fcr him ! peasant womann'a
costume which, with it, veil, msds Z. per
before sundown, and at once entered .
carriage with two hery horeeo, which
coon left the tower Of Palmetto far be-
hind. The taller discovered his absence
and began to fire cannon, which gave the
alarm, and in . short time the soldiers
were securing the country In al direc.
tions for him. 4
Among these soldiers one had more
sense than the rest, and he led his men
quickly to the little village OF Argos
where lived woman whom Aggregates
loved, and they silently surrounded this
house and waited. At about two o'clock
the young brigand reached there, and as
he Jumped from the carriage he was sur
rounded in an instant by an overpowering
number, and he was then tied and bound
from head to foot, just as he. was, In
women's clothes, and taken back to
Palmetto, where he was kept bound
until the officers could arrange for his
immediate execution. .
His feminine disguise was stripped
from him and he was again chained with
heavy balls ON feet and hands, besides
which his arms were tied behind him and
he bound so that he could not move, and
in this condition he was kept until the
order for his instant execution could be
obtained. He said but little, and with
his eyes flaming watched bic chance, but
fear made his captors take hundred
precautions, besides which four men,
armed with guns, stood over him con.
stantly. At last the order came and he
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tion, which was about Q mile from Pail
methe, by the mills of Psathos.
In Greece the executioners are people
despised and abhorred for their vile oc-
cupation, and they are always criminals
who have been given choice between
death and the position Of public exc
cutioner. They are a. much prisoners
as any others confined in the prison, for
public hatred of them 10 DO great that
their life Is not safe outside Of there ex-
cept when in official function. The law
also is 90 very strict that they can have no
outside aid in the exercise of those func-
tions, except O. guard of soldiers, who,
however, cannot touch the prisoner.
As soon as the order had come and
! they had taken Agriogatos bodily, like .
bale Of goods, and carried him to the
| place of execution, the young man be-
gan to devise means of escape, but none
| Of his followers were in sight-nothing
but gaping multitude of men, women
and young students from the Academy
of Naupn. A guard of soldiers sur
rounded him and three executioners were
there to carry out his sentence, for II
was rightly feared that one would not be
enough. When they read his death-war-
rant and asked him II he had anything
| to say, he replied:
"Yes; have this to say: will not
die upon the scaffold, and only ask to
die in fair fight. / will guarantee to feed
the entire army Of Greece for three years
If you will leave my right hand united
and let me fight with % many men % you
wish to bring against me, until ! de-. !
do not ask liberty, but only to die % be.
comes brave man. This treasure that
I offer you can never have In any other
way, but l will willingly give It TO you
for the use of my right hand only.
But they were too much afraid OF him.
strength and agility were current and
authentic to permit Of this, badly as the
treasury might need funds, and besides
it was barely possible that he had friends
in disguise among the crowd, and he was
promptly refused. Then he said: -
II call upon you, oh Greeks, you, who
have known me since my childhood ;
who knew my little sisters wrongs; my
mothers anguish-could l, dare !, let my
sister live with a chance of bringing a
creature of the viper's blood into the
| world to seal our shamep Did not do
right by my little sister in the sight OF
God and the Holy VirginP You all know
how l loved her; how I toiled for her ;
yet she was ravished from me, from her
mother, from her promised husband.
Why was / condemned to outlawry
Because the man who did this wrong had
the power to do so, and he was afraid Of
me. I ask nothing now but an honorable
death, for, God knows, life has no charms
for me-"
For answer to this were louder noise
upon the drums, low murmurs among
the men around the guard, and sobs and
cries among the women, who were for
the most part in mourning garb, and the
executioners pressed about him to drag
him toward the guilliotine Tor karman-
yola.) He saw that his prayer was to
remain unanswered and braced himself
to bear himself as became man of cour-
age, and he also watched his chance to
defend himself.
Inc guard OF soldiers pressed closer,
and stood with bayonets pointed at him
in q perfect circle. The three execution
ers tried to seize him, but quick a.
thought he bent and caught one of them
by the throat with his strong, white
teeth, and when they tore him loose the
man fell fsinting and with jets Of blood
pouring from the horrible wound.
The remaining two then attacked him,
but he seized one by the left shoulder IN
those terrible white teeth ard crushed
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